As the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has reported: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimates that tax evasion cost the UK £5.5 billion in
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Updates
I took part in the Australian launch of the Accounting Streams project last night. The event went well, and I am grateful to all those
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Is Trump going to crash the markets?
When markets realise Trump is serious about tariffs and that the US is now an isolationist state seeking to cut itself off from the rest
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An unholy alliance
As the Guardian has reported today: The US and the UK have refused to sign the Paris AI summit’s declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial
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How long is it before discrimination law will be unwound in the UK?
The far-right Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) has not been slow to jump on the Trump bandwagon. Yesterday I got an email from it suggesting
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Take action on water companies now
I don’t normally repost campaign emails here, but I feel that the Bill that Clive Lewis MP is promoting on the water industry is important
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Trump comes out in favour of corruption
The corruption rollout that is now the characteristic of Trump’s presidency continues today. As the FT has reported: Donald Trump has ordered the Department of
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I don’t believe in ‘isms’
I am bored by politicians who pretend that there are ‘isms’ that create political divides in the UK. There aren’t. All our political parties are
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Our tax system needs radical rethinking – not tinkering over costs
Both the FT and the Guardian note criticisms of HM Revenue & Customs raised by the National Audit Office this morning. As the NAO says:
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